Acetone, natural, manufacturing · Georgia
GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc - Cedartown
Cedartown, GA · ~76 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc - Cedartown runs at 183% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Acetone, natural, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc - Cedartown: 6.0 TCR = 183% of Acetone, natural, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc - Cedartown safety composite
GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc - Cedartown scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).
19/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.03 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.76 per 100 workers
Safer than 13% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% of industry peers
Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).
TCR Δ
−1.0
2016→2017
GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc - Cedartown injury rate improved
GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc - Cedartown's TCR fell 1.0 from 6.5 in 2016 to 5.5 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.5 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=6.5 · 2017=5.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325194 · Cedartown, GA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 183% of ind
- DART 2.8 DART
- RANK #6/6
- PHOTO 031-ROE Ellsinore
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~76 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 031-ROE Ellsinore (0.3 TCR gap)
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GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc - Cedartown in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Snow/Yellville
Snow/Yellville
7.1 TCR
- This site
GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc - Cedartown
6 TCR
- 031-ROE Ellsin
031-ROE Ellsinore
5.7 TCR
- Cedar Fiber Co
Cedar Fiber Co.
5.4 TCR
- River Road
River Road
4.6 TCR
What this shows GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc - Cedartown averages 6.0 TCR (183% of the Acetone, natural, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc - Cedartown TCR series: 2016=6.5 · 2017=5.5 · BLS 3.3
Where GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc - Cedartown falls in its industry
58 Acetone, natural, manufacturin establishmentsSafer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.
Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Acetone, natural, manufacturin employers in Georgia.
GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc - Cedartown has fewer employees than the Acetone, natural, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6.5 | 3.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325194 · GA · Cedartown
58 Acetone, natural, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 25 employers in Cedartown, GA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | 031-ROE Ellsinore | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cedar Fiber Co. | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Snow/Yellville | 7.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | River Road | 4.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Birdsong Peanuts Sylvester | 76 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Plant Hammond | 76 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Noah's Ark Operating 1704 Noah's Ark Rd Jonesboro | 76 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gilbane Building Company Atlanta | 76 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cedartown | 552 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CDTWGAAN | 287 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 727 | 243 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cedar Valley Nursing & Rehab Center | 218 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | AmeriGas - Ft. Lauderdale, FL | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Western Regional International Air Hub (Caejs) | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Anniston (Alann) | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | United Precast Industries | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc. TAFA Division | 76 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | N and R of Mexico LLC | 76 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | N and R of Brookhaven LLC | 76 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Central Coating Co. Inc. | 76 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.